SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE UNION OR

THE COME-BACK OF AMERICA

The American president first congratulated himself on his economic record, while the Republican parliamentarians punctuated with applause each of his sentences and rose regularly, even shouting "Four more years!" ("Four more years!").

An economy "stronger than ever"

"The job market is booming, confidence is rising, poverty is falling and our country is prospering," said Donald Trump, saying he had "extraordinary results." Citing unemployment figures - historically low at 3.5% - and "Wall Street records", the American president insisted: "I have kept my promises. "

Donald Trump has thus attributed the authorship of the 7 million jobs created by the American economy since he took office.

Operation seduction of minorities

On several occasions, Donald Trump also mentioned that the health of the economy benefits minorities, with "unemployment at the lowest for African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians". After running an ad on the subject at the Super Bowl, he again highlighted his criminal justice reform, which "offers a second chance to many former detainees." And of the ten people invited by the White House to his speech, six were African-American or Hispanic. Elected officials have notably reserved a standing-ovation for a little girl who won an educational grant and obtained the right to change schools - a reform requested by Donald Trump in Congress.

The tenant of the White House who has repeatedly praised "the comeback" of the United States, with an economy "stronger than ever", assured that the "best was to come" for the Americans. Betting on the economy is, moreover, the best asset of Donald Trump, an outgoing president, from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton, having almost always been re-elected in a period of growth.

Pawns at its base

For the rest, Donald Trump has mostly given pawns to his base. This is how he approached the subjects of health insurance such as immigration or abortion.

Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of wanting to do away with the current health insurance system. Directly targeted were Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who advocate a reform eliminating private health insurance in favor of a public offer. "They want to impose socialist control over our health care system and destroy the private insurance of 180 million Americans," said Donald Trump. The debate rages in the Democratic primary between the progressives who want to abolish the current system and the moderates, like Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg, who prefer to offer a public option. Before assuring: "We will never let socialism destroy American health care. And to say that the country is reversing the trend with regard to overdose deaths, especially in the opioid crisis. He also called on Congress to pass legislation to lower the price of drugs.

On the subject of immigration, he also accused the "sanctuary cities", run by Democrats, of protecting criminals in an irregular situation and called on Congress to pass a law in favor of the "victims of the sanctuary cities"., citing the example of a man shot dead by an illegal immigrant. He promised to establish a merit-based immigration system, "welcoming those who follow the rules, contribute to our economy, are financially independent and defend our values." "

Staging of several anonymous Americans

As is tradition, Donald Trump highlighted, during his speech, several anonymous Americans. Thus of a veteran, become homeless and victim of addictions, who came out by being employed by a company located in "zone of opportunities", a program created by the White House. From conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who suffers from cancer, medalist by Melania Trump. Donald Trump reserved a surprise for a family, with the return of the military father's front. Finally, the Venezuelan opponent Juan Guaido, guest of honor, was applauded by both the Republicans and the Democrats.…

The annual event was however boycotted by several democratic parliamentarians and punctuated by ungracious gestures: Tuesday, the American president did not shake hands with Nancy Pelosi, who replied by tearing up the text of the speech...